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1929 Boston Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
56-98, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 657 runs, Allowed 876 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97
Manager: Judge Fuchs (56-98)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 372,351 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97

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1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Al Spohrer 26 114 382 342 42 93 21 8 2 48 1 26 35 .272 .327 .398 .725 82 136 2 12
2 1B George Sisler* 36 154 686 629 67 205 40 8 2 79 6 33 17 .326 .363 .424 .788 98 267 4 20
3 2B Freddie Maguire 30 138 544 496 54 125 26 8 0 41 8 19 40 .252 .284 .337 .620 56 167 3 26
4 SS Rabbit Maranville 37 146 634 560 87 159 26 10 0 55 13 47 33 .284 .344 .366 .710 79 205 4 23
5 3B Les Bell 27 139 553 483 58 144 23 5 9 72 4 50 42 .298 .364 .422 .786 97 204 0 20
6 OF Lance Richbourg* 31 139 616 557 76 170 24 13 3 56 7 42 26 .305 .355 .411 .766 92 229 1 16
7 OF George Harper* 37 136 538 457 65 133 25 5 10 68 5 69 27 .291 .389 .433 .822 107 198 4 8
8 OF Earl Clark 21 84 303 279 43 88 13 3 1 30 6 12 30 .315 .346 .394 .740 86 110 1 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Jimmy Welsh* 26 53 212 186 24 54 8 7 2 16 1 13 9 .290 .350 .441 .791 98 82 4 9
10 3B Joe Dugan 32 60 139 125 14 38 10 0 0 15 0 8 8 .304 .346 .384 .730 84 48 0 6
11 C Zack Taylor 30 34 114 101 8 25 7 0 0 10 0 7 9 .248 .303 .317 .620 56 32 1 5
12 2B Bernie James# 23 46 113 101 12 31 3 2 0 9 3 9 13 .307 .369 .376 .746 88 38 1 2
13 OF Heinie Mueller* 29 46 109 93 10 19 2 1 0 11 2 12 12 .204 .302 .247 .549 40 23 1 3
14 C Lou Legett 28 39 84 81 7 13 2 0 0 6 2 3 18 .160 .190 .185 .376 -5 15 0 0
15 OF Phil Voyles* 29 20 79 68 9 16 0 2 0 14 0 6 8 .235 .297 .294 .591 50 20 0 5
16 OF Johnny Cooney 28 41 76 72 10 23 4 1 0 6 1 3 3 .319 .355 .403 .758 90 29 1 0
17 OF Buzz Boyle* 21 17 66 57 8 15 2 1 1 2 2 6 11 .263 .333 .386 .719 81 22 0 3
18 OF Bill Dunlap 20 10 33 29 6 12 0 1 1 4 0 4 4 .414 .485 .586 1.071 168 17 0 0
19 IF Gene Robertson* 30 8 31 28 1 8 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 .286 .310 .286 .596 51 8 0 2
20 OF Jack Smith* 34 19 24 20 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 .250 .318 .250 .568 45 5 0 2
21 OF Red Barron 29 10 22 21 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 .190 .227 .238 .465 17 5 0 0
22 C Hank Gowdy 39 10 16 16 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .438 .438 .438 .875 121 7 0 0
23 3B Henry Peploski* 23 6 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .200 .273 .200 .473 21 2 0 1
24 C Pat Collins 32 7 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 .000 .375 .000 .375 3 0 0 3
25 C Bill Cronin 26 6 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 -44 1 0 0
26 MI Doc Farrell 27 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -37 1 0 0
27 C Jack Cummings 25 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0
28 Al Weston 23 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
29 P Bob Smith 34 39 104 99 12 17 4 2 1 8 1 2 8 .172 .188 .283 .471 17 28 0 3
30 P Socks Seibold 33 33 78 70 6 20 2 0 0 9 0 6 6 .286 .342 .314 .656 67 22 0 2
31 P Ed Brandt* 24 29 71 64 7 15 4 0 0 5 0 4 6 .234 .279 .297 .576 45 19 0 3
32 P Percy Jones 29 36 67 61 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 16 .148 .175 .164 .339 -14 10 0 4
33 P Ben Cantwell 27 27 57 50 5 9 3 0 0 5 0 4 5 .180 .241 .240 .481 22 12 0 3
34 P Dixie Leverett 35 24 34 32 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 10 .188 .235 .219 .454 15 7 0 0
35 P Bruce Cunningham 23 19 33 27 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 .148 .258 .148 .406 5 4 0 2
36 P Art Delaney 34 20 26 21 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 .143 .250 .286 .536 35 6 0 2
37 P Red Peery* 22 10 17 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .214 .353 .214 .567 47 3 0 0
38 P Kent Greenfield 26 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
39 P Bunny Hearn* 25 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -8 0 0 1
40 P Bill Clarkson 30 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 153 1 0 0
41 P Johnny Werts 31 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 406 1 0 0
42 P Clay Touchstone 26 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 406 1 0 0
Team Totals 30.7 154 5923 5291 657 1481 252 77 33 598 65 408 432 .280 .335 .375 .710 78 1986 27 197
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 8 7 7 4 8 7 8 5 8 8 8 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Smith 34 11 17 .393 4.68 34 29 4 19 1 3 231.0 256 135 120 20 71 65 1 0 3 988 100 1.416 10.0 0.8 2.8 2.5 0.92
2 SP Socks Seibold 33 12 17 .414 4.73 33 27 4 16 1 1 205.2 228 119 108 17 80 54 2 0 1 902 99 1.498 10.0 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.68
3 SP Percy Jones* 29 7 15 .318 4.64 35 22 11 11 1 0 188.1 219 112 97 15 84 69 4 0 1 851 101 1.609 10.5 0.7 4.0 3.3 0.82
4 SP Ed Brandt* 24 8 13 .381 5.53 26 21 2 13 0 0 167.2 196 111 103 12 83 50 5 0 3 761 84 1.664 10.5 0.6 4.5 2.7 0.60
5 SP Ben Cantwell 27 4 13 .235 4.47 27 20 6 8 0 2 157.0 171 98 78 11 52 25 2 0 3 683 104 1.420 9.8 0.6 3.0 1.4 0.48
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Dixie Leverett 35 3 7 .300 6.36 24 12 8 3 0 1 97.2 135 81 69 5 30 28 5 0 3 453 73 1.689 12.4 0.5 2.8 2.6 0.93
7 RP Bruce Cunningham 23 4 6 .400 4.52 17 8 8 4 0 1 91.2 100 52 46 7 32 22 2 0 1 402 103 1.440 9.8 0.7 3.1 2.2 0.69
8 RP Art Delaney 34 3 5 .375 6.12 20 8 4 3 1 0 75.0 103 59 51 6 35 17 1 0 0 356 76 1.840 12.4 0.7 4.2 2.0 0.49
9 RP Johnny Cooney* 28 2 3 .400 5.00 14 2 10 1 0 3 45.0 57 29 25 4 22 11 0 0 0 210 93 1.756 11.4 0.8 4.4 2.2 0.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Red Peery* 22 0 1 .000 5.11 9 1 7 0 0 0 44.0 53 28 25 1 9 3 0 0 1 187 91 1.409 10.8 0.2 1.8 0.6 0.33
11 Bunny Hearn* 25 2 0 1.000 4.42 10 1 6 0 0 0 18.1 18 10 9 2 9 12 0 0 0 77 106 1.473 8.8 1.0 4.4 5.9 1.33
12 Kent Greenfield 26 0 0 10.91 6 2 2 0 0 0 15.2 33 19 19 1 15 7 2 0 1 93 43 3.064 19.0 0.6 8.6 4.0 0.47
13 Bill Clarkson 30 0 1 .000 10.29 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 16 10 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 40 45 2.857 20.6 0.0 5.1 0.0 0.00
14 Johnny Werts 31 0 0 10.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 6.0 13 8 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 34 44 2.833 19.5 1.5 6.0 3.0 0.50
15 Clay Touchstone 26 0 0 16.88 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 6 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 28 2.250 20.3 3.4 0.0 3.4
Team Totals 29.6 56 98 .364 5.12 154 154 77 78 4 12 1352.2 1604 876 770 103 530 366 24 0 18 6051 91 1.578 10.7 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.69
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 4 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Red Barron 29 6 6 0 0 14 12 1 1 1 .929 2.17 OF
Les Bell 27 129 329 111 201 17 15 .948 2.42 3B-SS-2B
Buzz Boyle 21 17 17 0 0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 OF
Ed Brandt 24 26 57 8 47 2 4 .965 2.12 P
Ben Cantwell 27 27 69 12 53 4 5 .942 2.41 P
Bill Clarkson 30 2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 P
Earl Clark 21 74 4 70 1 228 216 7 5 3 .978 3.01 OF
Pat Collins 32 6 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 2.67 1 C
Johnny Cooney 28 30 4 10 2 66 49 16 1 1 .985 2.17 OF-P
Bill Cronin 26 6 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 C
Jack Cummings 25 3 6 4 0 2 0 .667 1.33 0 C
Bruce Cunningham 23 18 1 0 0 33 5 27 1 0 .970 1.78 P-OF
Art Delaney 34 20 19 3 14 2 0 .895 0.85 P
Joe Dugan 32 33 2 0 0 71 21 43 7 5 .901 1.94 3B-SS-2B-OF
Bill Dunlap 20 9 8 0 1 18 16 0 2 0 .889 1.78 OF
Johnny Evers 47 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2B
Doc Farrell 27 2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.50 SS-2B
Hank Gowdy 39 9 13 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.44 0 C
Kent Greenfield 26 6 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.17 P
George Harper 37 130 119 1 10 281 266 7 8 2 .972 2.10 OF
Bunny Hearn 25 10 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 0.60 P
Bernie James 23 33 0 1 0 134 70 56 8 11 .940 3.82 2B-OF
Percy Jones 29 35 57 14 42 1 2 .982 1.60 P
Lou Legett 28 28 81 58 16 7 1 .914 2.64 4 C
Dixie Leverett 35 24 26 5 20 1 0 .962 1.04 P
Freddie Maguire 30 139 796 335 438 23 94 .971 5.56 2B-SS
Rabbit Maranville 37 146 896 324 537 35 104 .961 5.90 SS-2B
Heinie Mueller 29 24 4 11 10 46 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.92 OF
Red Peery 22 9 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.22 P
Henry Peploski 23 2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 3B
Lance Richbourg 31 134 2 0 132 347 323 14 10 2 .971 2.51 OF
Gene Robertson 30 7 21 7 12 2 0 .905 2.71 3B-SS
Socks Seibold 33 33 51 11 40 0 3 1.000 1.55 P
George Sisler 36 154 1537 1398 111 28 131 .982 9.80 1B
Bob Smith 34 39 98 21 75 2 7 .980 2.46 P-SS
Jack Smith 34 9 2 4 3 12 10 0 2 0 .833 1.11 OF
Al Spohrer 26 109 389 314 57 18 5 .954 3.40 7 C
Zack Taylor 30 31 141 101 35 5 3 .965 4.39 2 C
Clay Touchstone 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Phil Voyles 29 20 1 19 0 51 45 2 4 0 .922 2.35 OF
Jimmy Welsh 26 51 1 49 2 187 177 6 4 1 .979 3.59 OF
Johnny Werts 31 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Team Totals 30.5 154 6176 4055 1917 204 404 .967 3.74 14
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 6 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics